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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the person who laid out Conemaugh Old Town?
(a) Joseph Schantz.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Henry Phipps.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

2. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?
(a) 700.
(b) 250.
(c) 500.
(d) 600.

3. What percentage is the mortality rate in Johnstown?
(a) 20%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 11 %.
(d) 5%.

4. What is the last name of the family who owns the store in Johnstown where rumors of a disaster become a joke just before the flood?
(a) Hess.
(b) Deckert.
(c) Heiser.
(d) Quinn.

5. What is the name of the place in South Fork that was a perfect solution for boating and fishing?
(a) The Old Reservoir.
(b) The Little Conemaugh.
(c) Mineral Point.
(d) Stony Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?

2. What is the amount of salary Bill Jones accepts from Andrew Carnegie in Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?

4. Where were the trains trying to get into Johnstown held because of trouble in Lilly?

5. What is described as by far the greatest horror witnessed by flood victims in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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